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Gene sequencing test for cancer patients on the NHS

25 March 2013 · Listed under Cancer, Genomic Medicine, Other News

The first multi-gene DNA sequencing test that can help predict cancer patients’ responses to treatment has been launched in the National Health Service (NHS), thanks to a partnership between scientists at the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. The test uses the latest ... READ MORE

Royal visit to Oxford’s Churchill Hospital

6 December 2012 · Listed under Cancer, Surgical Innovation, Technology and Evaluation

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The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford today to mark the opening of the new building. The building, that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre, provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre projects. Chairman of Oxford University Hospitals ... READ MORE

Trial to investigate new drug combination in lung cancer

16 May 2012 · Listed under Cancer

Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new drug combination in patients with advanced solid tumours and in a subset of patients who have non-small cell lung cancer. This trial will combine two compounds that aim to starve the tumours while simultaneously ... READ MORE

Can daily aspirin help prevent and treat cancer?

21 March 2012 · Listed under Cancer

A collection of three papers (two published in The Lancet and one in The Lancet Oncology) add to the growing evidence base suggesting that daily aspirin can be used to help prevent and possibly treat cancer.  All three papers are by Professor Peter Rothwell, University of Oxford and John Radcliffe ... READ MORE

Research@Oxford – Improving Health

14 March 2012 · Listed under Cancer

On 14th March 2012 the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and the Oxford Cancer Research Centre (right) hosted a public open day on research that is designed to improve health.  A morning session was held for secondary schools, introducing them to the world of cancer research.  Scientists, doctors, ... READ MORE

New treatment for lung, liver and renal tumours

27 November 2011 · Listed under Cancer

Doctors, surgeons and researchers from the Imaging Theme of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford are looking into the effectiveness of using ablation as another treatment option for lung, liver and renal tumours. Microwave Ablation is used to treat small tumors by passing ... READ MORE

Ten years of collaboration brings new hope for patients

9 November 2011 · Listed under Cancer

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NIHR funded doctors, surgeons and scientists from the HIFU Unit (high intensity focused ultrasound), marked its official opening at the Churchill Hospital after a 10 year collaboration with the Haifu Company of China. The £1.5m Oxford HIFU machine has been given on long-term loan from the ... READ MORE

Researchers trial new drug for women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

16 August 2011 · Listed under Cancer

A CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded trial of a new drug for patients with advanced breast or ovarian cancer due to inherited gene faults has been launched at the Oxford Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) at the University of Oxford. The trial, led by a team based at the National Institute for ... READ MORE

Small molecules found to play complex role in cancer metastasis

9 August 2011 · Listed under Cancer

While they may be small in size, a family of tiny molecules called microRNAs could potentially play a large role in the process of cancer metastasis, or the spread of cancer from one area of the body to another. A team of researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Princeton ... READ MORE

Rare tumour’s ‘fingerprint’ used to develop cheap and reliable new test

23 May 2011 · Listed under Cancer

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a cheap and reliable diagnostic test for a rare form of cancer. The test involves screening tumour samples for a particular molecular fingerprint unique to this cancer. Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is a disorder ... READ MORE

ARCII-study in Oxford – the human face of medical breakthrough

7 December 2010 · Listed under Cancer

Last December, Kevin Jones, a 43-year-old businessman from Dorset was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was advanced and inoperable. Today, as he prepares to celebrate Christmas with his son, Mr Jones is free from any detectable trace of the disease; the human face of a medical breakthrough so ... READ MORE

An aspirin a day helps to keep cancer at bay

7 December 2010 · Listed under Cancer

Taking a low-dose aspirin every day will reduce your chances of dying from cancer, scientists say today, confirming the over-the-counter pill as the most extraordinary drug yet discovered. Daily aspirin has already been shown to cut the chances of heart attacks and stroke in people who are at ... READ MORE

Aspirin ‘can significantly reduce’ bowel cancer risk

22 October 2010 · Listed under Cancer

Professor Peter Rothwell, of the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and Oxford University, describes the findings of a recent study, tipping the balance in favour of regular aspirin ... READ MORE

Clinical trials begin of new treatment for advanced Melanoma in the UK & USA

7 October 2010 · Listed under Cancer

Researchers at Immunocore Limited today announced that IMCgp100, a targeted therapeutic for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma, has received regulatory and ethics approval and has opened enrolment for clinical trials in the England and USA. IMCgp100 is the first clinical candidate ... READ MORE

Tumour mapping for novel cancer treatment in Oxford

18 February 2010 · Listed under Cancer

Professor Mark Middleton, Professor John Bell, Dr Jenny Taylor and research colleagues from Oxford were interviewed on BBC Radio 4 on 17 February about new generations of cancer drugs. Discussions centred around advances in tumour mapping, patients' experiences, advances in genetic testing and ... READ MORE

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